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Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman, MA, is a psychotherapist, coach, and mindfulness meditation consultant. He has been studying mindfulness meditation since 1985 and teaching mindfulness meditation since 1997. A meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, he teaches regularly with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg in the vipassana (insight mediation) tradition.

Coleman leads wilderness meditation retreats from Alaska to Peru and is author of Awake in the Wild: Mindfulness in Nature as a Path to Self-Discovery. He is also founder and guiding teacher of The Mindfulness Institute, which brings mindfulness meditation to corporate and nonprofit business settings through trainings and coaching. His clients include individual corporate leaders, lawyers, and doctors, as well as organizations like Proctor and Gamble, the Trust for Public Land, and the Center for Whole Communities.

What People are Saying About Mark Coleman

“Mark Coleman’s words carry us along like a clear-running mountain stream into the beauty of nature, the power of silence, and the depth of meditative awareness. His great love of the wilderness opens us to the liberating dharma of the natural world.” —Joseph Goldstein, author of One Dharma

“With simple, self-effacing clarity, Mark Coleman walks us into our senses. With such a guide, freshness of mind returns, and we rediscover a pearl of great price: the life-changing gift of pure attention.” —Joanna Macy, author of Coming Back to Life

“Mark Coleman, through his personal training with me and with my business associates, has helped me to be present for both my personal and professional life. His ability to help me see my own nature in the context of being in nature has opened me up to so many possibilities.” — Chip Conley, CEO, Joie-de-Vivre Hotels